Combined folding table, ash and buffet tray



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Patented July 7, 1931 MORRIS SIEGEL, 01 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA COMBINED FOLDING TABLE, ASH AND BUFFET TRAY Application filed. August 7, 1929. Serial No. 384,034.

The present invention relates to improvements in foldin tables, and its objects are to provide, in com ination with a folding table, a plurality of ash trays and buffet trays,

supporting means therefor, and means whereby the supporting means for the trays will further serve to support the table legs in their supporting position.

. Another object is to provide collapsible supporting means for all of the elements, and to provide means whereby the ash trays and bufi'et trays are interchangeable.

The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention which I have so far found to be the most practical in use,'the device having a table top, folding legs, ashtray and buffet tray brackets, the trays, and suitable corner braces to which the legs and brackets are pivotally connected, the elements of my device being embodied in a combination which may be attached to many types of folding tables now in the market, and to new tables of the folding type, and serving to secure the table top and other table elements together.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a table embodying the features of this invention, and showing the table legs, and ash tray brackets in collapsed position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary and enlarged view of the bottom of the table. Fig. 3 is a fra mentary and detail view showing the latch or maintaining the brackets in inoperative position. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of an ash tray adapted for use with the folding tab-1e. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary and sectional view of the table, showing the legs in their supporting position. Fig. 6 is a detail view of'an ash tray bracket. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the supporting brace. Fig. 8is a top plan view of a buffet tray adapted for attachment to a supporting brace. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a buffet tray.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the table top 10 has 8. depending flange 11, the foldable le s 12, and foldable braces therefor, these folda le braces 13, supporting the legs in o erative position.

The present invention consists in providing a supporting brace member 14, adapted to be secured to the table-flange 11 by rivets 15, as shown, or by bolts, and having the pivot pins 16, on which legs 12 are mounted, and having pivotally connected thereto, the foldable bracket arms 17, which are mounted on pivot shafts 18. Each bracket arm 17, has a tray supporting arm 19 connected thereto by a swivel joint member 20. To retain the bracket arms in inoperative position, I provide members 21, having slidable plungers 22 mounted therein, which are actuated by springs 23, and adapted to engage with the said bracket arms. The tray supporting arms are preferably made of spring metal, and adapted to engage with corresponding sockets 24, on the bottom of the ash trays and buffet trays.

Ash trays 25 and buffet trays 26 are interchangeable, and I provide supporting arms 27, on the under side of the table top, to which trays not in use may be attached. The supporting arms 19 and 27, are curved and engage with sockets 24, thereby retaining the trays .thereon. The table legs have mounted thereon, the latch members 28, adapted to engage with foldable bracket arms 17 in the operative position of the legs and bracket arms. Latch members 28, are mounted in supporting cages 29, and have notches 30 to enga e with a corresponding supporting arm.

n use, the table legs are turned to operative position. The operator will then push plungers22 inwardly, thereby releasing the supporting arms 17, which will drop downwardly, then, the operator will lift arms 17 upwardly, until they are engaged by latch members 28. The outer supporting arms 19, with trays mounted thereon, will then be pulled outwardly thereby placing the tray in desired position. The trays may be at any time turned to an inoperative position.

From the foregoing description and drawings, it may be seen that I have provided a folding table in which are combined the features of supporting members arranged to secure the table top parts together, collapsible folding brackets secured to the supporting members, latching means for the folding brackets, and ash and buffet trays detachably mounted in the folding brackets, and all interworking to provide a table with auxiliary trays, and cooperative supporting means therefor and all comprising umts whlch may be attached to any folding table, and which may be marketed as an attachment for any folding table.

The trays may be turned to an inoperative position beneath the table top if desired, and may be quickly detached for the purpose of cleaning the same. Extra buffet trays may be mounted on the fixed supporting arms 27, and may be substituted for any of the ash trazys.

he supporting members 14, may be formed from a single piece of blank metal, and many of the other parts may be stamped and formed of sheet metal. It may be noted that the latch members 28 are actuated by gravity to their erative position. i

What is claime is:

1. In a collapsible table, a table top including depending flanges, supporting members disposed beneath the top, a table leg operatively connected to each of the supporting members, foldable arms pivotally connected, one to each supporting member, and adapted to swing to an operative position adjacent to a corresponding table leg, latch members mounted on the table legs and adapted to engage with the foldable arms in the operative position thereof, and trays carried by said arms.

2. In a collapsible table, a table top including depending flanges, a supporting member mounted in each corner of the table top and beneath the same, means whereby the supporting members are secured to the table anges, pivot pins carried by each supporting member, egs operative y mounted on the supporting pivot pins and foldable to a collapsed position beneaththe table top, articulate and foldable arms, one operatively connected to each supporting member, and latch members mounted on the table legs, and operatively engaging with an articulate arm in the operative position thereof.

3. In a, colla sible table, a table top including depending flanges, a su orting member mounted in each corner an neath the table top, means whereby the su porting members are secured to the table flanges, table legs operatively mounted relative to the supporting members, and foldable to a colla sed osition beneath the top, articulate and olda le arms 0 ratively connected to the supporting mem rs and opening to an operatlve osition adjacent to a corresponding table eg, and avity-actuated latches, one on each leg, an engaging with the articulated arm in the extended position thereof.

4. In a collapsible table sup rting members mounted thereon, folda l e arms operatively mounted on the supporting members, and movable to operative position adjacent to the table legs, ash trays and bufi'et trays carried by the foldable arms and latch members on the legs operatively enga ing with the foldable arms in their exten e position.

5. The combination with a supportingmember for a foldable table, of means for securing the supporting membertothetabletop and depending flanges,a pivot shaftintegral withthe supporting member, an articulate arm operatlvely mounted on the pivot shaft, legs operatively connected to the supporting members on a table, ash and buflet trays detachabl connected to the foldable arms on a tab e, and gravity-actuated latch elements on the table legs, and engaging with the articulate arms in the extended position thereof.

6. In a collapsible table, a table top including depending flanges, supporting members disposed beneath the top and secured to the depending flanges, pivot pins mounted one in each supporting member, a table leg operatively mounted on each pivot pin, pivot shafts, one projecting from each supporting member, an articulate and foldable arm, one operatively mounted on each pivot shaft, slidable plungers operatively mounted and adapted to engage with the foldable arms in their collapsed position, springs actuating the slidable plungers to operative position, ash and buffet trays carried by the foldable arms, a foldable arm extending adjacent to a leg in operative position, and a gravity-actuated latch member on each leg, and engaging with a foldable arm in the extended and o erative position thereof. 1

7 The com ination with a collapsible table including foldable legs, of a supporting member for each leg secured to the table, an articulate arm connected to each supporting member and extending from beneath the table top in operative position, a tray member carried by each arm, means for retaining the arm in inoperative position beneath the table top, and latch elements on each table leg, and operatively engaging with an articulate arm in its extended position.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

MORRIS SIEGEL. 

